# Kansas SB 39: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie.

Kansas SB 39, Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Federal and State Affairs; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died on House Calendar) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 39
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-17
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died on House Calendar
- Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on financial institutions and pensions, house committee on taxation, senate committee on assessment and taxation, senate committee on financial institutions and insurance
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (56 yes, 24 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 28 Nay: 12 | pass | 28 | 12 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 28 | 12 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2026-04-10: Died on House Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions (House)
- 2026-02-16: Hearing: Monday, February 16, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 582-N (House)
- 2026-01-15: Withdrawn from House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions; Referred to House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions (House)
- 2025-03-24: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2025-03-24: Referred to House Committee on Taxation (House)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Michael Murphy (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Michael Murphy was adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 28, Nay 12 (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Hearing: Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 548-S (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation; Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate)
- 2025-01-17: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_39/sb39_02_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_39/sb39_00_0000.pdf)
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_39/sb39_01_0000.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed)
- SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed)
- SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed)
- HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed)
- HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law)
- HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_39/sb39_02_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_39/sb39_00_0000.pdf)
- [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_39/sb39_01_0000.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026)
- [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026)
- [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026)
- [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026)
- [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026)
- [HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB39-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).
